Home Care Agencies - Organization & administration
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Technology and home care: implementing systems to enhance aging in place.

30 May 2009 The national healthcare agenda to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, provide high quality evidence and performance based care while simultaneously meeting stricter legal and regulatory requirements, has forced home care and hospice staff to change ... Read more...

Meeting the linguistic needs of urban communities.

29 Apr 2009 In a collaborative effort to address the linguistic disparities within communities, an urban public university, school of nursing (SON), and a certified home healthcare (HHC) agency partnered in an Influenza Initiative. Undergraduate nursing ... Read more...

Hard times: the effects of financial strain on home care services use and participant outcomes in Michigan.

25 Mar 2009 PURPOSE: When government funding for long-term care is reduced, participant outcomes may be adversely affected. We investigated the effect of program resources on individuals enrolled in the Michigan Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Home Care Agencies - Organization & administration'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Technology and home care: implementing systems to enhance aging in place. 30 May 2009
• Meeting the linguistic needs of urban communities. 29 Apr 2009
• The time for organizational development in home health care is now. 29 Apr 2009
• Hard times: the effects of financial strain on home care services use and participant outcomes in Michigan. 25 Mar 2009
• Improving oral medication management in home health agencies. 27 Feb 2009
• One organization's journey to improved operations. 27 Feb 2009
• Nursing shortage predicted to be hardest on home healthcare. 27 Feb 2009
• Innovations in home care rehabilitation services: advancing best practices in care management and professional development. 27 Feb 2009
• Changes in the Medicare home health care market: the impact of reimbursement policy. 27 Feb 2009
• Model for consideration: retaining the experienced aging workforce in home care. 30 Dec 2008
• SHOW ME: enhancing OASIS functional assessment. 30 Dec 2008
• Utilizing a nurse practitioner to enhance diabetes management programs in home health. 30 Dec 2008
• The green office. 30 Dec 2008
• Assignment between nurses. 29 Nov 2008
• It's time for your six month sales checkup. 29 Sep 2008
• 21 reasons home care still pays. 30 Aug 2008
• Home care's single most important management tool. 30 Aug 2008
• Looking for increased productivity? Look no further than your own Web site. 30 Aug 2008
• Strategic planning: embracing new opportunities. 30 Aug 2008
• Home healthcare practice environment: predictors of RN satisfaction. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Home Care Agencies'

Definition: Public or private organizations that provide, either directly or through arrangements with other organizations, home health services in the patient's home. (Hospital Administration Terminology, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D018574

Alternative terms: Home Care Agencies; Agencies, Home Care; Agency, Home Care; Care Agencies, Home; Care Agency, Home; Home Care Agency; Home Health Care Agencies; Home Health Agencies; Agencies, Home Health; Agency, Home Health; Home Health Agency;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.540.483;

Online Note: use HOME CARE SERVICES to search HOME HEALTH AGENCIES 1978-94

History Note: 95; HOME HEALTH AGENCIES was see HOME CARE SERVICES 1978-94

Technical Notes: public or private agencies; coord IM with specific home care (IM)